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Is it a regional thing?
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 22 Jul 2021 08:23 |
...or is it an age one ? |
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nameslessone | Report | 22 Jul 2021 08:27 |
Settee - SW London |
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LaGooner | Report | 22 Jul 2021 08:54 |
Settee here in Bedfordshire and the same when I was North London |
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JoyLouise | Report | 22 Jul 2021 09:00 |
Settee in Durham and in Liverpool |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Jul 2021 09:17 |
I think I usually call it a sofa, sometimes settee, never couch. :-S |
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Allan | Report | 22 Jul 2021 10:17 |
Sofa, so good :-S |
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Island | Report | 22 Jul 2021 10:35 |
Sofa. I think it depends on what the parents called it. |
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LondonBelle | Report | 22 Jul 2021 10:37 |
Given the choice I can't remember :-S ......think I say settee or sofa but very rarely couch:-D :-D |
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KathleenBell | Report | 22 Jul 2021 10:55 |
Mainly sofa here in Teesside, sometimes settee but never couch. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 22 Jul 2021 13:28 |
Think we said sofa when I was a kid in south east London |
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nameslessone | Report | 22 Jul 2021 13:53 |
Thinking the word 'couch' came from the French 'coucher' I looked it up and found this very interesting article. |
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Island | Report | 22 Jul 2021 15:07 |
As in.... |
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nameslessone | Report | 22 Jul 2021 15:24 |
Allez! Du balai! Mate ;-) |
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MotownGal | Report | 22 Jul 2021 18:48 |
Settee, a la LG from Norf Lundun ;-) |
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LaGooner | Report | 22 Jul 2021 19:14 |
We speak proper don't we MG :-D :-D |
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MotownGal | Report | 22 Jul 2021 20:24 |
Not arf, LG. :-D :-D ;-) |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 22 Jul 2021 22:37 |
My parents later bought a Studio Couch...... We still called it a settee. |
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Kucinta | Report | 22 Jul 2021 22:45 |
It was a settee when I was young, in Surrey, but I tend to say sofa now. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 22 Jul 2021 23:02 |
Generally Settee and Hide-a-bed here, though some furniture companies advertise Sofa and Sofa Beds. |
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Kay | Report | 22 Jul 2021 23:38 |
Settee in Northamptonshire. |